Oh boy, ILX! That's where I'm a viking!..?

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the fact that ralph can't make simple grammatically correct phrases "tastes like...burning" / "that's unpossible" etc. is probably a good sign that he's not going to be creating complicated metaphors

I still don't get why you guys are arguing that ralph is /intending/ to create a complicated metaphor.

because that's what the bizarro interpretation depends on?

people create silly 'complicated' metaphors all the time through misusing language - how is babee formed - doesn't mean that they did so intentionally

you guys are also not looking at the screencaps - he looks so sad!

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/wargames.jpg

ralph doesn't recognize the nature of dreaming, he just thinks he's a viking when he goes to sleep because he previously had a dream or series of dreams in which he was a viking. the joke is character-based. ralph doesn't have the self-consciousness necessary for assessing his performance in any field. he's "sad" because he ate a worm, plus he now hasn't got a worm.

i hate myself

greetings professor falken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbh4u_oA0rk

ralph is also capable of using language at a higher level

http://www.libertyfree.fr/simpson/images/s04e15.jpg

Zvookster OTM. (Basically, I'm with Dan on this.)

can anyone name one example of someone saying "tastes like...burning!" before that simpsons episode

you're an english major and you really think this is a good comparison?

not to mention that there's a bazillion examples of people saying food is hot/mouth is on fire

by which obv they meant their mouth is on a streak of great success

and everyone is invited

dyao stfu iirc

lol whiney if you are really so butthurt about this why don't you go tweet about it

can u show me past instances of ppl saying 'co-a-che-lla'

why is there even an 'a' in that word

good job, co-ach

man see u I'm gonna go call my co-ach-man to take me outta here

haha so who wants to talk about the emphasis on different words in the youtube clip

see also: heartburn
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btw I have it on good authority from matt groening himself that ralph is actually referring to becoming a NASA space probe sent to explore and survey Mars, the fourth planet in our solar system. it is unclear, however, if Ralph was referring to the first or second iteration of the probe.

dyao the guy who told you he'd pay you two cents a post if you started a thread that generated a lot of posts? I don't know how to tell you this man but he was pulling your chain

xpost this thread is making me want to drink until I'm convinced I'm Harriet Tubman

i will admit that i've got to be biased towards the world i've been living in since i was ten years old but i genuinely believe that the way ralph says "i'm" points to option a

shit aerosmith how else am I supposed to monetize cultural criticism in the age of new media. next thing I know you're gonna tell me I'm not really getting a book deal out of my hipster viking tumblr.

surely there is more stress on I'm than one would expect in the dyao interpretation. One would expect all the stress to fall on viking

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 Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!

sleep is where it's ralph's time to shine

is there a way i can block myself from viewing this thread

ralph's time to shine

restore strongo's mod powers imo

Although the literalist interpretation never occurred to me before all this, I don't necessarily think it's a "wrong" interpretation, it's just so much of a less funny interpretation that it makes me sad that that's what people have been going around thinking for years and years. Like their world must feel dreary and sepiatoned while mine is technicolor + dolby.

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god this is so depressingly wrong, like i don't want to live in a world where adolescent synonyms for "badass" are cooler than actually becoming a viking in your dreams, or actively voicing your desire to sleep so you can be a viking

havent read the thread so i'm sure by this 400 post mark we've started with the picture bombs and euthanasia calls, but i just wanted to say that

can't wait til the murders start....

theres something totally grating about the EVERYONE WHO INTERPRETS IT AS 'A' IS A TOTAL MORON perspective. what is w/ so many otherwise-sensible ppl getting wrapped up in it?

especially since it seems much more likely 2 me that it was written w/ a slightly different meaning -- viking doesn't mean 'excels,' its more like ... vikings were explorers, sailors, adventurers, etc. at least in the received understanding, and in sleep, ralph isnt 'excelling' he's a viking, which means he both literally dreams about being a viking but also implies a level of success/exploration/leadership that he doesnt have in the real world -- i think the 'viking' is specifically chosen to indicate that hes more hero/less zero in his dreams -- like, they wouldnt have said "sleep! thats where i'm a goldfish!"

meaning, i interpreted it as a reaction to his 'irl' failure -- well, at least in sleep im a viking! -- the writers were obviously calling on this as a reaction to his set-up for failing. so i get why ppl are saying 'excels,' although i think its more like 'explores' -- imo both answers are opposite sides of the same coin & thats why its super aggravating reading ppl act all self-righteous about this shit WHINEY & HI DERE & KEV & etc

I think that's completely right, and the answer would still be B and not A...

that is 100% the correct interpretation imo

I'm a little more mad about the super nintendo chalmers thing.

so i get why ppl are saying 'excels,' although i think its more like 'explores' -

yeah but you are not arguing that ralph is saying he "explores at sleep" you are just arguing about him being something else in his sleep. as k3v said you aren't really bridging anything here.

B.
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any interpretation that has ralph truly grasping what a viking is/does is wacky to me

i am arguing that he explores sleep, absolutely -- that it implies he is a viking at sleeping as well as literally being a viking. i think the writers intentionally built ambiguity into it, so no, not b. both

why would ralph not know what a viking is? thats not exactly an obscure bit of history

pretty clear that Ralph is a cipher

So, what this thread really needs to explore is the issue of who would win in a fair fight: Ralph Wiggum or a napkin dispenser?